About Gena
Gena Figliuzzi is a licensed professional counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, and low self-esteem. She supports people coping with life changes, parenting challenges, anger, career uncertainty, and depression. Gena aims to make the first step toward change feel manageable and less scary for anyone seeking support.
Gena keeps sessions straightforward and practical. She creates an open, nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be talked about honestly.
Background and approach
Conversations focus on what matters most right now and on small steps that can fit into everyday life. Her approach is collaborative and grounded in evidence-based therapeutic techniques. Gena encourages clients to set clear goals and explores ways to build confidence, reduce anxiety, and improve communication.
She also addresses family of origin issues, forgiveness, guilt and shame, and feelings of isolation. People come to Gena for help with commitment concerns, divorce and separation, pregnancy and childbirth transitions, and seasonal mood changes like SAD. She also supports those working on life purpose, self-love, and social anxiety or phobia.
Gena has seven years of clinical experience and practices in New Jersey as an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor. She works in English and offers a variety of online session formats to fit different needs. If someone is ready to begin, she guides them through practical next steps toward steadier days.
How evidence-based techniques can work online
Gena uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on building practical skills. One common approach helps people manage anxiety by teaching breathing, grounding, and behavioral strategies to reduce worry and avoidance. Another approach focuses on improving relationships and communication by practicing clearer ways to express needs and set boundaries. These methods aim to give tools people can use between sessions for steady progress.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will work together with each person to find techniques that fit their goals and daily life. This means adjusting strategies over time and trying different methods until something feels helpful and doable.
Online therapy offers flexibility and easy access to ongoing support. Video calls let people use visual cues for deeper conversation, while phone sessions can be a simpler way to check in when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, sharing updates, or working through a tight schedule. Together these options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, family, and other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Commitment issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English
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